Dear Judy,
I’m told my husband is dead. For the past year or so, as maybe you can figure out, I haven’t known where he was, and also his relatives, especially his mother and father, aren’t speaking to me. He sort of disappeared and that was that.
But when I found out through a friend that she’d [...]
Dear Judy,
The husband of a friend died 3 months ago of a sudden heart attack (his second at age 51), and of course I wrote her a lovely condolence letter, because I like them both very much. In fact we play a lot of golf together.
Well, I never heard back from her, which was a surprise. [...]
Dear Judy,
My late husband died last month, leaving almost everything to me (I am his 3rd wife). It’s a big estate, and I’m a wealthy widow. His grown kids are furious, mainly with me because now that their father is dead obviously I’m the only one they can take it out on!
Their attitude is making me miserable. [...]
Dear Judy,
We’re all adults — not children, but our question probably sounds ridiculous, which is why all 3 of us are writing you. Our mother died 2 years ago. Our father remarried (we thought a bit hastily..) last year.
She’s nice enough. A widow herself, with a grown son. In any social situation, though, she refers [...]
Dear Judy,
I belong to a pretty large church with a big congregation, some of its members very flush, some not. 2 weeks ago, one of our congregation died, and I happen to know his widow and 2 kids (not exactly kids, tho, both in their 20’s) are well-provided for.
Last Sunday our pastor told us the [...]
Dear Judy,
A slight acquaintances of mine lost her husband about a year ago. I never wrote her a note — I really don’t know her that well. However, when I saw her recently at a party, I felt I really wanted to say something to her about her loss. But it was so long ago [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009